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**machinarium**
-Machinarium allows to create fast networked and
-event-driven asynchronous applications in synchronous/procedural
-manner instead of using traditional callback approach.
+Machinarium allows to create fast networked and event-driven asynchronous applications
+in synchronous/procedural manner instead of using traditional callback approach.
-The library is based on using and combining OS threads
-(pthreads) and efficient cooperative multi-tasking primitives
-(coroutines).
+The library is based on using and combining OS threads (pthreads) and efficient
+cooperative multi-tasking primitives (coroutines).